&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Relief_crushed_by_ice_01.jpg) Relief crushed in ice, at Salem, winter of 1924–25
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| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | Relief |
| Owner | Open River Trans. Co., and others |
| Port of registry | Portland, Oregon |
| In service | 1906 |
| Out of service | 1931 |
| Identification | U.S. 203513 |
| Fate | Abandoned 1931 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Inland passenger/freight |
| Tonnage | 214 GRT; 209 NRT |
| Length | 117.5 ft (35.81 m) |
| Beam | 22.5 ft (6.86 m) |
| Installed power | twin single-cylinder steam engines, 150 indicated horsepower |
| Propulsion | stern-wheel |
| Capacity | 75 tons |
| Crew | eleven (11) |
Relief was a stern-wheel steamboat that operated on the Columbia and Willamette rivers and their tributaries from 1906 to 1931. Relief had been originally built in 1902, on the Columbia at Blalock, Oregon, in Gilliam County, and launched and operated as Columbia, a much smaller vessel. Relief was used primarily as a freight carrier, first for about ten years in the Inland Empire region of Oregon and Washington, hauling wheat and fruit, and after that was operated on the lower Columbia river.
After 1918 the owners of Relief struggled to find cargo, as railroads and especially highway transport cut sharply into the steamboat share of the transport business. Relief was seriously damaged in a sinking in late 1924, but was eventually raised, and returned to service for some time. Relief was abandoned in 1931.